CONTENTS. xvii 



LETTER XI. 



PAGF 



WE SAIL FOR BEAR ISLAND, AND SPITZBERGEN — CHERIE ISLAND 

 — BARENTZ — SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY — PARRY'S ATTEMPT TO 

 REACH THE NORTH POLE — AGAIN AMONGST THE ICE — ICE- 

 BLINK — FIRST SIGHT OF SPITZBERGEN — WILSON — DECAY OF 

 OUR HOPES — CONSTANT STRUGGLE WITH THE ICE — WE REACH 

 THE So° N. LAT. — A FREER SEA — WE LAND IN SPITZBERGEN 

 — ENGLISH BAY — LADY EDITH'S GLACIER — A MIDNIGHT PHO- 

 TOGRAPH — NO REINDEER TO BE SEEN — ET EGO IN ARCTIS — 

 WINTER IN SPITZBERGEN — PTARMIGAN — THE BEAR-SAGA — 

 THE "FOAM" MONUMENT — SOUTHWARDS — SIGHT THE GREEN- 

 LAND ICE — A GALE — WILSON ON THE MALSTROM — BREAKERS 

 AHEAD — ROOST — TAKING A SIGHT — THRONDHJEM . . . l68 



LETTER XII. 



THRONDHJEM — HARALD HAARFAGER — KING HACON's LAST BAT- 

 TLE — OLAF TRYGGVESSON — THE "LONG SERPENT " — ST. OLAVE 

 — THORMOD THE SCALD — THE JARL OF LADE — THE CATHEDRAL 

 — -HARALD HARDRADA — THE BATTLE OF STANFORD BRIDGE — A 

 NORSE BALL — ODIN — AND HIS PALADINS 214 



LETTER XIII. 



COPENHAGEN— BERGEN — THE BLACK DEATH — SIGURDR — HOME- 

 WARDS 24O 



